The Relationship Between Visual Spatial Attention and Reading Abilities Among Persian Students

Background and Aim: Recent studies suggest that visual spatial attention may be one of the important factors in reading achievement. Methods For this purpose, twenty dyslexic and fifteen normal reading students were selected randomly. They were matched in age, sex and educational level. Assessment of Persian Reading Ability (APRA) was used to measure reading abilities. A Posner's cueing task was conducted to measure the covert orienting of visual spatial attention Results in this study, we aimed to investigate this hypothesis in Persian dyslexic students and matched controls Conclusion: Results showed that relative to normal reading students, dyslexic ones had slower reaction time both in valid and invalid conditions, suggesting an overall impairment in covert orienting of visual spatial attention in poor readers. This finding supports a relationship between reading abilities and covert orienting of visual spatial attention in Persian speaking students.

کلیدواژه ها:

Dyslexia ، Covert Orientation ، abilities ، Visual spatial attention